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The law around abortion access is shifting: so too should your digital privacy and security plan. A few quick tips for folks in the abortion access movement: 1. Compartmentalize more sensitive online activities away from your regular ones 2. Know when to restrict and/or turn off your phone. 3. Turn off Ad ID! 4. Have rules for your data, with yourself and others. For more information, as well as walkthroughs on how to up your data hygiene plans, visit:...
Topics: Digital Security, abortion access, digital privacy, dobbs, roevwade
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California has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build affordable broadband for communities across the state. Last year, the state passed an historic $6 billion investment in broadband infrastructure that communities can use to bridge the digital divide once and for all. Now, it’s up to local advocates to shape the future of internet access in their own backyards. Join EFF’s Senior Legislative Counsel Ernesto Falcon and broadband advocates from across the state to talk about how...
Topics: eff, digital rights, oakland, california, chico, golden state power cooperative, destination...
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Jun 10, 2022
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EFF staff and friends have a casual chat about digital rights and LGBTQ+ issues during a game of Quiplash!
Topics: pride, digital rights, quiplash, videogames, twitch, EFF
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May 31, 2022
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Where is the internet we were promised? It feels like we’re dominated by megalithic, siloed platforms where users have little or no say over how their data is used and little recourse if they disagree, where direct interaction with users is seen as a bug to be fixed, and where art and creativity are just “content generation.” But take a peek beyond those platforms and you can still find a thriving internet of millions who are empowered to control their own technology, art, and lives. Anil...
Topics: Wordle, EFF, how to fix the internet, anil dash, glitch, cindy cohn, danny o'brien
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May 25, 2022
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EFF's Spring Members' Speakeasy, recorded on May 25, 2022. EFF International Policy Director Christoph Schmon and EFF Senior Policy Activist Joe Mullin break down the user rights issues in complex proposals including the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and more. At least twice each year, we invite current EFF members to gather with fellow internet freedom supporters and to meet the people behind your favorite digital civil liberties organization. Thank you for...
Topics: EFF, Nonprofit, Privacy, Security, Free Speech, Tech, Law, Activism, Digital Markets Act, Digital...
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U.S. democracy is at an inflection point, and how we administer and verify our elections is more important than ever. From hanging chads to glitchy touchscreens to partisan disinformation, too many Americans worry that their votes won’t count and that election results aren’t trustworthy. It’s crucial that citizens have well-justified confidence in this pillar of our republic. Technology can provide answers - but that doesn’t mean moving elections online. As president and CEO of the...
Topics: pam smith, eff, digital rights, voting security, 2020 election, voting machines, voting, elections,...
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May 17, 2022
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It often feels like machine learning experts are running around with a hammer, looking at everything as a potential nail - they have a system that does cool things and is fun to work on, and they go in search of things to use it for. But what if we flip that around and start by working with people in various fields - education, health, or economics, for example - to clearly define societal problems, and then design algorithms providing useful steps to solve them? Rediet Abebe, a researcher and...
Topics: EFF, How to fix the internet, digital rights, cindy cohn, danny o'brien
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Computer scientists often build algorithms with a keen focus on “solving the problem,” without considering the larger implications and potential misuses of the technology they’re creating. That’s how we wind up with machine learning that prevents qualified job applicants from advancing, or blocks mortgage applicants from buying homes, or creates miscarriages of justice in parole and other aspects of the criminal justice system. James Mickens—a lifelong hacker, perennial wisecracker,...
Topics: james mickens, philosophy, ethics, eff, responsible tech, machine learning, danny o'brien,...
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Too many young people – particularly young people of color – lack enough familiarity or experience with emerging technologies to recognize how artificial intelligence can impact their lives, in either a harmful or an empowering way. Educator Ora Tanner saw this and rededicated her career toward promoting tech literacy and changing how we understand data sharing and surveillance, as well as teaching how AI can be both a dangerous tool and a powerful one for innovation and activism. By now...
Topics: eff, digital rights, how to fix the internet, h2fti, ora tanner, student privacy
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EFFector newsletter for May 3, 2022. To read EFFector, which includes link to all the stories mentioned, visit https://www.eff.org/effector/34/3 . Become an EFF member today! Join at https://eff.org/EFFect .
Topics: EFF, EFFector, Nonprofit, Digital Rights, Privacy, Free Speech, Security, Twitter, Social Media,...
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odcast Episode: Making Hope, with Adam Savage
Topics: adam savage, maker, cosplay, DIY, mythbusters, savage builds, tested
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Democracy means allowing everyday people to have their voices heard on public matters involving their communities. One of the goals of civic technology is to allow a more diverse group of people to have input on government affairs through the use of technology and the internet. Beth Noveck, author of Solving Public Problems and Director of the Governance Lab, chats with EFF's Cindy Cohn and Danny O'Brien about how civic technology can enhance people's relationship with the government and...
Topics: eff, how to fix the internet, beth noveck, civic technology
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EFFector newsletter for March 30, 2022. To read EFFector, which includes link to all the stories mentioned, visit https://www.eff.org/effector/34/2 Become an EFF member and support our work! Just go to https://eff.org/effect and you can become a member and even grab some gear of your choice.
Topics: EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, nonprofit, copyright, privacy, free speech, security, open...
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Today almost everything is connected to the internet - from your coffeemaker to your car to your thermostat. But the “Internet of Things” may not be hardwired for security. Window Snyder, computer security expert and author, joins EFF hosts Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they delve into the scary insecurities lurking in so many of our modern conveniences—and how we can change policies and tech to improve our security and safety. Window Snyder is the founder and CEO of Thistle...
Topics: internet of things, iot, window snyder, eff, security, privacy, malware, digital rights, how to fix...
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Like many young people, Zach Latta went to a school that didn't teach any computer classes. But that didn’t stop him from learning everything he could about them and becoming a programmer at a young age. After moving to San Francisco, Zach founded Hack Club, a nonprofit network of high school coding clubs around the world, to help other students find the education and community that he wished he had as a teenager. This week on our podcast, we talk to Zach about the importance of student...
Topics: eff, electronic frontier foundation, how to fix the internet, student privacy, zach latta, hackclub
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Imagine being detained by armed agents whenever you returned from traveling outside the country. That’s what life became like for Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras, who was placed on a terrorist watch-list after she made a documentary critical of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. Poitras was detained close to 100 times between 2006 and 2012, and border agents routinely copied her notebooks and threatened to take her electronics. It was only after Poitras teamed up with...
Topics: surveillance, eff, digital rights, laura poitras, how to fix the internet
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Podcast Episode 110 Imagine getting a letter in the mail—and then another, and then another—telling you that if you don’t pay $25,000 to a company you’ve never heard of, you’ll have to shut down the small business that you’ve worked for years to build. That’s exactly the situation faced by a group of podcasters several years ago, including comedian Marc Maron, who hosts the WTF podcast . They were being threatened by a patent troll called Personal Audio, which claimed that...
Topics: marc maron, EFF, podcast, patent troll, podcasting, personal audio, cindy cohn, danny o'brien,...
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What if we re-imagined the internet to be built by more people, in new ways, that actually worked for us as a public good instead of a public harm? Join Ethan Zuckerman in conversation with Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they fix and reimagine the internet. They’ll talk about what the internet could look like if a diversity of people built their own tools, how advertising could be less creepy, but still work, and how hope in the future will light the way to a better internet. You can...
Topics: EFF, decentralized web, social media, surveillance advertising, computer fraud and abuse act, cfaa,...
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EFFector newsletter for January 20, 2022. To read EFFector, which includes link to all the stories mentioned, visit https://www.eff.org/effector/3 4/1 .
Topics: EFF, effector, digital rights, electronic frontier foundation
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Podcast Episode 108 Your friends, your medical concerns, your political ideology— financial transactions tell the story of your life in intimate details. But U.S. law has failed to protect this sensitive data from prying eyes. Join EFF’s Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they talk to Marta Belcher, one of the leading lawyers working on issues of financial censorship and financial privacy, as they help you understand why we need better protections for our financial lives—and the...
Topics: fourth amendment, filecoin foundation, financial privacy, eff, how to fix the internet, bank...
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Episode 107 of EFF’s How to Fix the Internet Modern life means leaving digital traces wherever we go. But those digital footprints can translate to real-world harms: the websites you visit can impact the mortgage offers, car loans and job options you see advertised. This surveillance-based, algorithmic decision-making can be difficult to see, much less address. These are the complex issues that Vinhcent Le, Legal Counsel for the Greenlining Institute, confronts every day. He has some ideas...
Topic: Podcast Episode: Algorithms for a Just Future
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Episode 106 of EFF’s How to Fix the Internet Surveillance is always problematic, but it isn’t neutral—it is more often deployed in communities of color than elsewhere. And surveillance technology isn’t objective, either—it often magnifies the biases of its users and creators, affecting already-marginalized individuals far more heavily than others. Matt Mitchell, founder of CryptoHarlem, has an exciting solution for helping undo the damage that pervasive surveillance has done to those...
Topics: matt mitchell, ccops, privacy, eff, electronic frontier foundation, cryptoharlem, cryptoparty,...
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Podcast Episode 105 Law enforcement wants to force companies to build a backdoor to the software that runs on your phones, tablets, and other devices. This would allow easier access to the information on your device and the information that flows through it, including your private communications with others, the websites you visit, and all the information from your applications. Join EFF’s Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they talk to Riana Pfefferkorn, a lawyer and research scholar at the...
Topics: stanford internet observatory, encryption, eff, electronic frontier foundation, first amendment,...
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Episode 10 4 of EFF’s How to Fix the Internet How do we make the Internet more secure? Part of the solution is incentives, according to Tarah Wheeler, this week’s guest on EFF’s How to Fix the Internet. As a security researcher with deep experience in the hacker community, Tarah talks about how many companies are shooting themselves in the foot when it comes to responding to security disclosures. Along with EFF co-hosts Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien, Tarah also talks about how...
Topics: security research, computer fraud and abuse act, cfaa, internet, iot, security vulnerabilities, van...
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Nov 30, 2021
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Episode 103 of EFF’s How to Fix the Internet The bots that try to moderate speech online are doing a terrible job, and the humans in charge of the biggest tech companies aren’t doing any better. The internet’s promise was as a space where everyone could have their say. But today, just a few platforms decide what billions of people see and say online. Join EFF’s Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they talk to Stanford’s Daphne Keller about why the current approach to content...
Topics: comcom, disinformation, first amendment, social media, interop, algorithm, automated moderation,...
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You’ll find legal resources - including important cases, books, and briefs discussed in the podcast - and a full transcript of the audio, on the blog post for this episode: eff.org/pod102 The open source movement focuses on collaboration and empowerment of users. It plays a critical role in building a better digital future, but the movement is changing as more people from around the world join and bring their diverse interests with them. Join EFF’s Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they...
Topics: h2fti, stallman, linux, creative commons, free software, alfred p sloan foundation, collaboration,...
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Nov 19, 2021
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EFF's EFFector Newsletter is available, with links to full stories, at https://www.eff.org/effector/33/7
Topics: eff, digital rights, apple
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If you get pulled over and a police officer asks for your phone, beware. Local police now have sophisticated tools that can download your location and browsing history, texts, contacts, and photos to keep or share forever. Join EFF’s Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they talk to Upturn’s Harlan Yu about a better way for police to treat you and your data. Click below to listen to the episode now, or choose your podcast player: Today, even small-town police departments have...
Topics: wisconsin state vs birch, fix the internet, epic, encryption, police, mobile phone, harlan yu,...
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EFF’s Executive Director Cindy Cohn in conversation with Alexander Macgillivray and Nicole Wong , both former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officers under President Obama who also worked as legal counsel inside Google and Twitter. The panel discusses the development of the Obama administration’s policies on the Internet, intellectual property, and technology and privacy, as well as the costs and benefits of going “inside” the White House. Event hosted at Cloudflare in San Francisco, CA.
Topics: EFF, privacy, free speech, net neutrality, digital rights
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Security expert Bruce Schneier on creating random passphrases using EFF's Summer Security Reboot dice.
Topics: security, dice, password, passphrase, eff, dice, password, passphrase
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Oct 6, 2015
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Computer passwords have the power to unlock vast troves of information, but some passwords are so simple that it’s easy for thieves to guess them. A common best practice is to steer clear of using familiar passwords (like "iloveyou") and to add symbols or numbers to your passwords to make them harder to guess. However, attackers these days use computer programs to guess passwords—and those programs can guess millions of passwords every second. A password that such attackers cannot...
Topics: Surveillance Self-Defense, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Password Managers, Passwords
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Jun 24, 2015
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Your computer – and all of your devices, for that matter – could be hacked and turned into a spying device without you knowing it. But there are ways to protect yourself against these violations of privacy.
Topics: Surveillance Self-Defense, Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Jun 24, 2015
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If you use the same password everywhere, or if all your passwords are close to the same, you're not doing all you can to protect yourself online. To help keep your stuff secure, consider using a password manager – we'll tell you how.
Topics: Surveillance Self-Defense, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Password Managers, Passwords
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Jun 24, 2015
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It's amazing how much a computer password can unlock – so don't let your password be guessed! Check out this guide for how to make a super-secure password using ordinary dice.
Topics: Surveillance Self-Defense, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Secure Passwords, Passwords
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The internet is full of holes that your emails and the things you share online can fall through – right into the prying eyes of surveillance agencies like the NSA. But there are ways to keep your online activity from being intercepted.
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Topics: Surveillance Self-Defense, Surveillance, Online Surveillance, Electronic Frontier Foundation, EFF,...
